William Jones Cup (basketball tournament)

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basketball tournament international sports competition

The William Jones Cup is an international basketball tournament held annually in Taiwan, featuring national and club teams from around the world.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Jones Cup	1
William Jones Cup (basketball tournament) canonical	1
William Jones Cup (men's tournament)	1
William Jones Cup (women's tournament)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6632384 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: William Jones Cup (basketball tournament)
Context triple: [William Jones, hasHonorificEponym, William Jones Cup (basketball tournament)]

A. FIBA Asia Champions Cup
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the premier annual club basketball competition in Asia, featuring top professional teams from across the continent.
B. President’s Cup
The President’s Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the playoff winner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in Canadian junior ice hockey.
C. President's Cup
The President's Cup was the former championship trophy awarded to the playoff winner of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
D. FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup is the premier international basketball championship for national teams from Asia and Oceania, organized by FIBA Asia.
E. Temple Cup
The Temple Cup was a late 19th-century postseason championship series in Major League Baseball contested between the National League's first- and second-place teams.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: William Jones Cup (basketball tournament)
Target entity description: The William Jones Cup is an international basketball tournament held annually in Taiwan, featuring national and club teams from around the world.

A. FIBA Asia Champions Cup
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup is the premier annual club basketball competition in Asia, featuring top professional teams from across the continent.
B. President’s Cup
The President’s Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the playoff winner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in Canadian junior ice hockey.
C. President's Cup
The President's Cup was the former championship trophy awarded to the playoff winner of the Western Hockey League (WHL).
D. FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup is the premier international basketball championship for national teams from Asia and Oceania, organized by FIBA Asia.
E. Temple Cup
The Temple Cup was a late 19th-century postseason championship series in Major League Baseball contested between the National League's first- and second-place teams.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball tournament ⓘ international sports competition ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jones Cup ⓘ linked to: William Jones Cup (basketball tournament)
category	basketball cup competitions in Asia ⓘ international basketball competitions hosted by Taiwan ⓘ recurring sporting events established in 1977 ⓘ
competitionLevel	senior level ⓘ
competitionType	invitational tournament ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China
format	playoffs ⓘ round-robin ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderCategory	men ⓘ women ⓘ
governingBodyAffiliation	FIBA Asia ⓘ
hasEdition	William Jones Cup (men's tournament) ⓘ linked to: William Jones Cup (basketball tournament) William Jones Cup (women's tournament) ⓘ linked to: William Jones Cup (basketball tournament)
hasMediaCoverage	online streaming ⓘ television ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
hasPurpose	friendly competition ⓘ international competition preparation ⓘ
hostFederation	Chinese Taipei Basketball Association ⓘ
hostNation	Chinese Taipei ⓘ
inception	1977 ⓘ
location	Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China
namedAfter	René William Jones ⓘ linked to: Renato William Jones William Jones ⓘ
namedForRoleOfNamesake	FIBA Secretary General ⓘ linked to: Secretary General of FIBA
organizer	Chinese Taipei Basketball Association ⓘ
participantType	club teams ⓘ national teams ⓘ select teams ⓘ
regionOfParticipants	Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
surface	indoor hardcourt ⓘ
teamSport	yes ⓘ
trophyName	William Jones Cup trophy ⓘ
typicalTimeOfYear	summer ⓘ
typicalVenueCity	Taipei ⓘ linked to: Taipei, Taiwan
usesRules	FIBA rules ⓘ